Toy



C. J. SUN DELL TOY - Fil ed Feb. 5, 1

' Patented Jan. .6, 1925.-

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CARL J. SUNDELL. or CHICAGO, rumors.

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Application filed February 5, 1923. Serial No. 618.987.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL J. i 'xnmn :1 citizen of the United States. :uhl resident of Chicago; in the countvof (ook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Toys, of which the followin% is a specification. his invention has relation to toys, and

' refers particularly to a toy mountable on the shelf of a'baby high chair. The object of my invention is the provision of a toy of simple and inexpensive constructionya toy which is durable and capable ofwithstanding the pulling and battering which such a toy is subjected to.' A further ob jectis to provide atoy'readil -a.ttachable to the shel of a high chair an quickly re.-

- movable. Another object'islo rovide 'n' ..--Fig.'3 is a substantially full size elevedrawing, of which:

'iig. 1. shows ine side elevation, a baby high chair to the shelf "of which thetoy of my invention. is attached.- i g Fig. 2 's' a substantially full sizefront elevation of the toy shown in Fig. 1, and.

tion of a somewhat modifie'd'structure;

- -Thc chair shown. in Fig. 1 is supposed to represents baby high chair of any well known. construction, '-comprising a back 1,

- armrests 2, seat 3, front legs 43ml rear 'leglgs 5. The usual pair of arms 6 are pivota dy mounted on' the back, and a shelf 7 is rigi ly secured von the outer-ends of these arms,

all as in practice. Thetoy of my invention comprises a revolving member 10, which is mounted to rotate on a bracket 11, and the latter is shaped for attachment on the shelf 7, as indicated in the drawing. The bracket 11 is. shown inwardly curved, so as to bring the member 10 directly above the shelf and within easy reach of the baby in the chair. It is noticed, furthermore, that the member 10, as indicated in dotted outline in Fig. 1, swings between the rear legs 5 of the chair, when the shelf is thrown over the back of the chair.

For the purpose of attaching the bracket firmly on the shelf its lower extremity may be shaped to hold a wing screw 9, which screw is brought to bear against the underside of the shelf. and it is noticed that the bracket is made with a tongue 11. which rides over the shelf head 7*, therein locking i the toy more securely on the shelf. A- few turns of the screw suffice to clamp or'to loosen the bracket, so that it may quickly be'attached or removed.

It may be found desiraie, however, to

provide a quicker and 11101.; certain means of 3l3ttl0llll'lg th8 bracket. and such means is indicated in ,Fig. Let itbe assumed 79 that the same chair is shown, and that the rotatable member 10 also remains the same as shown in Fig. 1. The upper portion of the bracket 15 me be exactly as described,. but the lower en with a lip 15 which 'rides on the head? of the shelf, and with a pointed hook 15"- which engagestheunderside of the shelf. Pivoted lon the bracket. substantially in line with the top surface-of the shelf, is a lock lever 16,'and the upper portion of this lever. is shaped to .'-ride over thebea'd 7 termisi hating m a fiat shoe 16" whichfrests on the "shelf.v The lower, end of the lever is bent to form a flat handle 15", by means of which the upper end-of the leveris lifted over the head. A powerful spring 17 serves to maintain the bracket firmly on the shelf. In order that the spring may not jump out of (position it is desirable to anchor its ends. -9

this mlayfbe accomplished as indicated, by permitting one end of the spring to ride on ,a tip 1'5" of the bracket, and by confining the opposite end of thes pring within-a pocket formed in the flat handle16". The 5 bracket may, preferably, terminatein a finger piece 15 positioned opposite the handle 16", thereby providing a good grip-' ping surfa'ceffor the fingers of the'person who manipulates the clamping-mechanism.

.The baby in the chair can -g'et n good hold of the'rotatory member 10, and can pull and push thereon with considerable force. Butit'is readily seenthat he cannot dislodge .the toy. A pull on the member will press the li 15. against the bead of the shelf, and t e pointed hook remains buried in its bot-tom surface. Pushing on the drum, on'the other hand, causes the bracket to pivot on the point 15", and the no lever resists such Fressure nicely on account of the location 0 its pivotal point in line of the bracket is made 7 the toy loose.

with the shelf tori surfaeei 'l he slprin g' must, of. course, be relatively... very, power-H ful, in order that the-baby maj-"not-wrenell The rotatm y'member comprisesasquirrel cage 20 and a (h-iu'n 21, rigidly combined.

The bracket lies close to the side of the drum} in order that the babys fingers may not get between the two parts, and it: terminates in a fixed stud :2 which extendsfthrough the two flanges 23,, 24: and is made 'witlraeone shaped head 25; The periphery of thediu 'n is made of corrugated inaterialfforniing .a track for a pair of balls 26.' A plurality of equidistant pins. 28 combine the "outer; flange 27 with-,the inner flange24z. Bhlight rubber ball 29 is plaeed within. the squirrel 'cage thus formed, and-'it-isof a size .t lit heel between the: tw 0, enclosing*flanges 24,2;

When the "baby turns the cage and .d1' ju m it is foundthat the 1W9 balls 26 create' ,a

-rattling sound within-the cliinn."1h'e' ball- 29 jumps light-1y fron i' pin to pin, while "the rotation is slow. -A fast spinning-mos;

tion causesv the ball tobe carried round-with the pins due to the centrifugal force j acting upon the light ball.--,1= \t a-eertain interme:

diate speed the ballis .ehnghtbn'vt'op of the 7 stud head 25, and it rides on this head until the'speed'- is much reduced, .\\i11ereupon;it falls to the botto'nrand bobsfluPun-the pins. The foregoing/features combine to form a very enticing plaything-forthe baby, and a toy capable of withstanding abuse on aecount of its co'mpzict construutioni fin an earlierpatent Ipi'oposedito plaee wire lne nber -,wit'l1in'.asqiiirrel' cage of a' baby toy but such parts are dangerous, as the pointed ever t rear 1e? of the eh air. I am well aware, howat most high chairs for babies are 7- such made with shelves pivoted 0n one of the i arms oi the chair, and" free to swing'in a jhorizontal'plane' in and out of engagement I with the otherarm. Thetoy of m inveution isgof course, as readily attaehab e to this shlf'as to the; kind illustrated and first described.

I'do not wish to limit myself to the specil ie clamping means mentioned, my aim merely being to [illustrate 'how': my invention may be attaehedto the shelf of the chair directly, ."and also how I may'take advantage bf the bead ins'ually placed around the edge of helf to maintain the toy firmly in 'pla(-e'.' j claim: -':-1. The combination with the swinging arnet-r a baby high-1 chair, of a support arm "shaped to fit ever the beaded front edge ofsald shelf and extending diagonally up and backward fron'i' .s' ai daedge, a spring held lever pivoted on said arm and extending over pivoted on the'endofflsaid arm, the lever operating to resist-,forward'pressure against "said bead, and a Jrotetable soundingv boy r Th'epombinatien with thesl1elf niounb zedi-l-o'swmgfbvertheback of a baby high chair, ofa support arm provided with a r vc -Y M rover-the' bea'dedfi'rent edge of, said iself, the l tangular notch fittin we r rear noteheorner i of the arm made with imnupwardly projecting'tooth -eute'r ing ;jth e bottom surface of the shelf for the-purpose of preventing backward tiltingofthe'arm, a member on the arm' andri'dlng over the beaded'edge to' p-reventforw wardtipping ofthe arm,'and a sounding toy rotatable on the upper end 10f the arm.

Y I 3, :T he combination with the beaded front "edgeof a babvehair shelf, of an arm having a tooth to e driven intothe bottom 'surfae'e' 10f saicLshelfi-and made with a shoulder fitting ,m er-thei-to'p of theshelf. bead, a spring-held l'ever' pivoted 'on said arm and loekedfeverfs'aid bead, and a rotatable toy 'sl-i fported 'onithe ehd of said a'rm.

- n testimony whe'reoi, I'Zhave hereunto f aflixed, my signature.

' CARL J. SUNDEL 

